Skarner vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Skarner
based on 533 Skarner vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Briar
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
Skarner vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Skarner versus Briar counter statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Briar..
Skarner normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Briar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Skarner and Briar
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Who is Better, Skarner or Briar?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually loses when taking on Briar, with a 43.2% win rate. Therefore, Skarner makes a poor counter to Briar.
While Skarner does have a much lower win rate compared to Briar, when on opposite teams, Skarner also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Skarner into Briar.
Furthermore, Skarner also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Skarner is a trash counter for Briar. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Skarner against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Skarner to counter Briar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Briar. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Skarner versus Briar build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Briar than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 43.2% battling Briar with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Briar as Skarner, Skarner players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Skarner vs Briar LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 43.2% winrate overall.
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